PBIS: Positive behavior Interventions & Supports

PBIS #1-‘Comparing a Behavioral Check-In/ Check-Out (CICO) Intervention to Standard Practice in an Urban Middle School Setting Using an Experimental Group Design’ by Simonsen, Myers, and Briere (2013) Abstract: [sic]This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of a targeted-group behavioral check-in/check-out (CICO) intervention with the school’s standard practice (SP) with respect to decreasing students’ off-task and other problem behavior. Researchers used a pretest–posttest control group design with random assignment to compare the two interventions (CICO and SP). Statistically significant differences were detected for systematic direct observation data of classroom behavior; however, statistically significant differences were not demonstrated for rating scale data. Limitations and implications are discussed.